Trends come and go. And there was a time a few years back where you couldn't move for heavy beards riding the folk wave started by the Mumfords chart-bothering kick-drum.

But you live and die by authenticity. So many acts had fleeting mainstream success but sank like stones because they were going through the motions.

And while that was happening, Lorna Thomas was jigging with the crowd while swigging from a cider jug.

The Devil, The Heart and The Fight is Skinny Lister's third album and while some of the rustic edge of debut release Forge and Flagon has been smoothed out, the raw energy which defines the band's live appearances is as fierce as ever.